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Ashraful remains positive
Everybody laughed at Tony Greig when the renowned commentator made a human error by announcing in the presentation ceremony that the one-day series was won by Bangladesh yesterday.
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B. League
Brothers ride on Manju
Two-goal Ashraful Qauader Manju inspired Brothers Union to a come-from-behind 2-1 victory against Rahmatganj in the penultimate round of the B. League yesterday.
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New BCB committee next week?
The en masse resignation that started on Tuesday left the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) with just three executive committee members including its president M Abdul Aziz.
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Kapil slates Sachin
Kapil Dev, the former Indian captain, has questioned Sachin Tendulkar's abilities as a match-winner after failing in the first Test against England at Lord's. Tendulkar scored 37 and 16 in a close draw.
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Crucial day in B.League
The fate of the inaugural professional football league could well be decided today as title contenders Abahani and Mohammedan both go into action today in the B.League.
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Monty lost his mind!
Practitioner of perhaps the most spectacular celebration in cricket, England's left-arm spinner Monty Panesar revealed he almost lost his mind after trapping Sachin Tendulkar in the Lord's Test.
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U-19 Cricket
Bangladesh face India in final
While their seniors were whitewashed in both the Test and one-day series in Sri Lanka, the Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team salvaged some pride when they entered the final of the tri-nation tournament
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Marcus extends exile
Marcus Trescothick ruled himself out on Wednesday of the whole of England's (northern hemisphere) winter tour programme, saying he hadn't fully recovered from the effects of a stress-related illness.
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Bowlers delight England
Who says Test match cricket isn't exciting? So often you hear people say that one-day cricket is fun, full of wickets and runs and Test cricket is tedious. But this Test match had everything.
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Coach defends Vaughan
England coach Peter Moores has rejected criticisms his side's slow over-rate contributed to their failure to win the first Test against India here at Lord's.
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International 40-40?
Prospective ECB chairman Mike Soper has dismissed fears of player burnout in the modern game and floated the idea of a new international 40-40 competition.
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AFC Asian Cup 2007
For the people in pain
Iraq's goalkeeping hero Noor Sabri dedicated his team's fighting win here Wednesday to reach the Asian Cup final to his beleaguered compatriots in his war-ravaged homeland.
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AFC Asian Cup 2007
Saudis Stamp Arab Dominance
Iraq shoot out Koreans
Iraq stunned South Korea 4-3 on penalties to make the Asian Cup final for the first time where they will meet favourites Saudi Arabia who got the better of Japan in a thrilling 3-2 victory.
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Le de tour France
Riders Stage Protest
Vino scandal rocks tour
Dozens of Tour de France riders demonstrated their anger over repeated doping scandals by not starting the 16th stage at the scheduled time Wednesday.
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Kuranyi leads Schalke to final
German international striker Kevin Kuranyi helped Schalke 04 blitz Nuremberg by setting up three goals in seven minutes to seal the Royal Blues' 4-2 League Cup semifinal win on Tuesday.
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Ganguly's back gives away
Sourav Ganguly's fitness was called into question just two days before the start of the second Test against England when he missed an indoor practice session at Loughborough University with a back injury.
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Exhibition handball
The visiting handball teams from Hyderabad had mixed fortunes on the opening day of their Bangladesh tour yesterday.
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McGrath eyes ICL
Shane Warne will join Brian Lara in the Indian Cricket League if his conditions are met, however Warne's manager conceded that such an agreement was still a long way off.
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PCB to carry out dope tests
The Pakistan board has decided to carry out dope tests on the 30 players in the provisional Twenty20 World Championship squad before the final 15-man side is announced next month.
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Beckham watches Galaxy win
England star David Beckham, struggling to recover from a left ankle injury, was left out of the Los Angeles Galaxy lineup here Tuesday in the US club's 2-1 Superliga victory over Mexico's Pachuca.
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Gunshots ring through the Baghdad sky
Iraq's dramatic penalty shoot-out victory in the semifinal of football's Asian Cup sparked a barrage of gunfire on Wednesday as Baghdadis celebrated with volley after volley of shots in the air.
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More Germans going to soccer
German domestic football is in rude health judging by Wednesday's news that Bundesliga season ticket sales have reached an all-time high, according to the owner of the German Football League (DFL).
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Mirza outlasts Morigami
India's Sania Mirza rallied to defeat Japan's Akiko Morigami 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) here Tuesday and reach the second round of a 600,000-dollar WTA hardcourt tournament.
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'Cycling risks Olympics axe'
Cycling risks being ejected from the Olympic Games because of the consistent spate of drug scandals surrounding it, a senior European IOC member told AFP on Wednesday.
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